Birds of Colombia

    PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae (New World Warblers)  
Genus: Basileuterus (5 species, 12 worldwide)


Golden-crowned Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)
San Jeronimo, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
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Golden-crowned Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)
Nova Friburgo, Brazil  
   
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A widespread non-migratory warbler. Note thick white brow in South American races. May be split soon (Yellow-crowned in Colombia,Venezuela and Stripe-crowned in Panama/Costa Rica in the HBW taxonomy).

Chestnut-capped Warbler
Chestnut-capped Warbler (Basileuterus delattrii mesochrysus)
Copacabana, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
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Pirre Warbler
Pirre Warbler (Basileuterus ignotus) Vulnerable
Darien National Park, Panama
  Very similar to the Black-cheeked Warbler one mountain range further north.
   
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Tacarcuna Warbler (Basileuterus tacarcunae)
   


Similar to the Pirre Warbler (Darien) and Black-cheeked Warbler (Panama/Costa Rica), but found on the Tacarcuna mountain range.

Three-striped Warbler
Three-striped Warbler (Basileuterus tristriatus auricularis)
La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
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Common and widespread. Moves in small groups at all levels of forest, sometimes with mixed flocks.


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